Consumption tax is exempted for those, among taxable transfers, etc. of assets conducted in Japan by a business operator (excluding a business operator exempted from the obligation to pay consumption tax under the main clause of Article 9, paragraph (1)), that fall under any of the following:
the transfer or lending of assets conducted as an export from Japan;
本邦からの輸出として行われる資産の譲渡又は貸付け
the transfer or lending of foreign goods (excluding the transfer or lending of assets that falls under the preceding item, and the transfer of foreign goods that has come to fall under the cases listed in Article 8, paragraph (1), item (iii) (Collection of National Consumption Tax in the Case of Public Sale or Sale, etc.) of the Act on Collection, etc. of National Consumption Tax Imposed on Imported Goods (Act No. 37 of 1955));
the transport of passengers or cargo, or communications, conducted across Japan and areas outside Japan;
国内及び国内以外の地域にわたつて行われる旅客若しくは貨物の輸送又は通信
the transfer, lending or repair, as specified by Cabinet Order, of ships or aircraft used exclusively for the transport prescribed in the preceding item;
専ら前号に規定する輸送の用に供される船舶又は航空機の譲渡若しくは貸付け又は修理で政令で定めるもの
that which is specified by Cabinet Order as being similar to the transfers, etc. of assets set forth in the preceding items.
The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply unless it has been proved, as provided by Ministry of Finance Order, that the taxable transfer, etc. of assets falls under a transfer, etc. of assets set forth in the items of that paragraph.
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Tax Exemption for Exports, etc.
Consumption tax is exempted for those, among taxable transfers, etc. of assets conducted in Japan by a business operator…
事業者（第九条第一項本文の規定により消費税を納める義務が免除される事業者を除く。）が国内において行う課税資産の譲渡等のうち、次に掲げるものに該当するものについては、消費税を免除する。
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the transfer or lending of assets conducted as an export from Japan;
本邦からの輸出として行われる資産の譲渡又は貸付け
Open this provisionTax Exemption for Exports, etc.
the transfer or lending of foreign goods (excluding the transfer or lending of assets that falls under the preceding item, and the transfer of foreign goods that has come to fall under the cases…
外国貨物の譲渡又は貸付け（前号に掲げる資産の譲渡又は貸付けに該当するもの及び輸入品に対する内国消費税の徴収等に関する法律（昭和三十年法律第三十七号）第八条第一項第三号（公売又は売却等の場合における内国消費税の徴収）に掲げる場合に該当することとなつた外国貨物の譲渡を除く。）
Open this provisionTax Exemption for Exports, etc.
the transport of passengers or cargo, or communications, conducted across Japan and areas outside Japan;
国内及び国内以外の地域にわたつて行われる旅客若しくは貨物の輸送又は通信
Open this provisionTax Exemption for Exports, etc.
the transfer, lending or repair, as specified by Cabinet Order, of ships or aircraft used exclusively for the transport prescribed in the preceding item;
専ら前号に規定する輸送の用に供される船舶又は航空機の譲渡若しくは貸付け又は修理で政令で定めるもの
Open this provisionExemption from Tax Liability for Small-Scale Business Operators
With respect to a business operator whose taxable sales in the base period for its taxable period are 10 million yen or less (excluding a qualified invoice issuer), notwithstanding Article 5…
事業者のうち、その課税期間に係る基準期間における課税売上高が千万円以下である者（適格請求書発行事業者を除く。）については、第五条第一項の規定にかかわらず、その課税期間中に国内において行つた課税資産の譲渡等及び特定課税仕入れにつき、消費税を納める義務を免除する。ただし、この法律に別段の定めがある場合は、この限りでない。
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「国内」
The area in which this Act is in force, that is, Japan.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies throughout the law
business operatormachine translation
「事業者」
An individual business operator (個人事業者) or a corporation (法人), as Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iv) of the Consumption Tax Act defines it.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (iv)· applies throughout the law
transfer, etc. of assetsmachine translation
「資産の譲渡等」
A transfer or lease of assets or a supply of services made as a business for consideration, including a transfer of assets in payment in kind (代物弁済) and other similar acts a Cabinet Order (政令) sets.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (viii)· applies throughout the law
taxable transfer, etc. of assetsmachine translation
「課税資産の譲渡等」
A transfer, etc. of assets (資産の譲渡等) — a transfer or lease of assets or a supply of services made as a business for consideration — other than one that Article 6, paragraph (1) makes non-taxable (those listed in Appended Table 2 (別表第二)).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (ix)· applies throughout the law
foreign goodsmachine translation
「外国貨物」
Foreign goods as defined in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Customs Act — goods whose export has been permitted, and goods that have arrived in Japan from abroad (including marine products caught on the high seas by foreign ships) before their import is permitted — including exported mail that Article 73-2 of that Act treats as goods permitted for export.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (x)· applies throughout the law